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Disclaimer- Seriously? If I own Max Ride and co, I would not be writing Fan Fiction. I would be chillin out in my Jacuzzi tub and mandating a burning of all Fang books. :)

Author Note (READ READ READ!)- Hey! If you are reading this, you are my new best friend :) thank you for following directions! Okay. So seeing as a lot of people like Jamie, I was thinking. What if when this was done, I wrote a sequel that was about the 2 years before "Forgotten" and how Max works to keep her secret and how she becomes friends with Jamie, etc. What do you think? PM me or review! So please tell me whether you like that idea!

Chapter 4

Fang skidded down into the dirt, scanning for the girl. So was nowhere to be found. Fang realized he didn't even know her name! Nudge landed next to him. "Where's Jamie?" she cried frantically.

"Jamie?" Iggy asked, landing next to them. "What happened?"

"Jamie's gone." Fang whispered "They used the other Erasers as a distraction so they could get to her." The others were silent as they took this in.

"Why?"Gazzy asked "She's completely normal. The only thing special about her is that she's Max's friend and she knows about us?"

"That's why." Angel piped in "They can use her to get to Max. Or they just didn't want her escaping. Like she said, 600 people in a school, that's 600 Erasers waiting to be. Take out one person, 599, and that person can bring it all down by exposing it to the outside world. Think about it."

And so they did, for a total of 2 seconds, until a familiar voice piped in.

"Last I saw your Maximum Ride, she was unconscious in a school basement tied to a pole." Ari drawled. "It was mostly my fault, but to book was the thing that knocked her out, and the ropes from the gym were the things that are keeping her tied to the pole." He smirked. "And little Jamie was on her way to joining her."

"What the heck is your issue?" Fang snarled. He might have been 17, but he wasn't going to swear in front of the younger flock members.

"You, in general." He said smoothly "But you don't have to go rescue her you know."

Fang froze. What was he talking about?

"Didn't you guys have a fight? Didn't you split? Haven't you both moved on? She's not your responsibility anymore. You could leave her to us. Let the Jamie girl get turned in front of Max. Let the girl who broke your heart get her heart broken. Twice. Then, let her be ours. All you have to do is walk away."

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Max was barely conscious. She could hear voices. God. Did that make her crazy? She could make out what they were saying if she concentrated.

"Max? Oh god Max! Please wake up!"

Ben!

"Dude, Romeo, chill. She's Max. She'll wake up. Give her time. She was walloped with a textbook."

Jamie!

"Shut up Jamie. Come on Max. Open those beautiful blue eyes and brush that sexy auburn hair away from your face. "

"Dude. She's tied to a pole. Do it yourself."

"Would you two shut up? I'm trying to catch some Z's here." Max mumbled, and then opened her eyes.

"Max!" Jamie gave a very un-Jamie-like squeal and ran across the floor. She shoved Ben out of the way and hugged her. Max laughed at Ben's astounded expression.

"Hey there Jamie! I'd hug you back but I'm kinda tied up at the mo'." (AN- Get it? She's tied up? Like she's- oh never mind. I couldn't resist ;)) Jamie laughed and moved out of the way so Ben could hug her. "Jamie, what are you doing here? I thought you went to get the Flock?"

"The who?" Ben asked

"I did." Jamie responded, ignoring Ben "I found them. We were mobbed by Erasers and-"

"By what?" Ben interrupted

"They grabbed me while the flock was fighting. One second I was being grabbed and shoved in a van by that creep Ari." Continued Jamie, as if Ben had never interrupted.

"Who?" Ben persisted

"And the next thing I know I'm lying in the corner with Prince Charming sobbing over us unconscious ladies."

"Hey! I was not sobbing at all!" Ben protested loudly "Now will you people please tell me what the hell is going on?"

Max opened her mouth to, but they were interrupted by the school basement door opening, and someone coming down the stairs. Jamie and Ben moved slightly behind Max as the figure reached the bottom of the stairs.

"Hello Max." Jeb said

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Needless to say, Fang kicked Ari's ass and left him a mangled bloody pulp on the road. He turned to face the flock.

"Let's go find Max and Jamie and then maybe, just save the day. " With that, he turned and ran into the wind, pumping his pitch black wings.

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"Jeb!" snarled Max angrily. Jamie stiffened. She had heard Max's stories about Jeb. Ben just looked clueless.

"I'm sorry I had to resort to such extreme measures. But it had to be done. I have to convince you. I already know you are going to deny me anything if I ask you nicely the first time, so I brought persuasion." Jeb responded. Jamie was terrified, but she refused to show it. Persuasion? Was he going to turn her? He couldn't. Well, he was a mad scientist so maybe….

The door at the top of the stairs opened and someone came down the stairs. 3 people came in the room. And one of them stepped forward to face the 3 captives.

Time seemed to stop as they took in the person standing before them.

"Oh my god." Jamie whispered, shell shocked.

"What the hell were you thinking?" screamed Max at Jeb, angry tears pouring out of her eyes and making the dirt on her face run.

"Oh god." Ben whispered, tears running down his cheeks at the sight that lay before him.

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Mwhahahah! I love that ending! :D and the beginning of the next chapter. :) The suspense! Ahhh! :) So who is the person that is causing Ben to cry and Max to freak out? Not tellinggg! :) Please review!

P.S. - Remember the idea I told you about? Review or P.M. me please!

Love and Suspenseful Cliffhangers,

December-Apples

P.S.- My word document says I write at a second grade level! Is this true? :O